Ma Mère

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Ma Mère

NC-17

2004

1h 51m

Drama

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An impulsive widow and her 17-year-old son become increasingly attracted to each other at their summer house.

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Critics Consensus

Pretentious, overly perverse and dull.

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Jessica Reaves

Chicago Tribune

Aug 18, 2005

1.5/4

A self-satisfied, utterly hollow Bacchanal.

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

Jul 29, 2005

1/4

110 minutes of Euro silliness mitigated only by the presence of Huppert and the striking ability of the actors to keep a straight face throughout this mess.

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Jul 8, 2005

2.5/4

Probably isn't for anyone not interested in the darkest corners of the human psyche, where sexual annihilation is the only response to a fallen world, where all moral bets are off, and where a boy's worst friend is his mother.

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Gary M. Kramer

Out Magazine

May 16, 2022

Fascinating and erotic -- if also difficult and disturbing -- Christophe Honoré's ambitious adaptation of Georges Bataille's novel prevails because of the frank treatment of its serious subject matter.

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Tom Dawson

The List

Apr 24, 2019

4/5

The cast deliver brave, accomplished performances, with Huppert's Héléne a compelling mixture of menace and fragility.

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Dennis Schwartz

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May 11, 2008

C-

Eurotrash at its trashiest worst.

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SIMAS C

@simas_eros Oct 23, 2026

A film about an obsessive relationship between a mother and her son, but one with such completely unhinged execution and storytelling that the potential of the subject matter loses all its appeal.

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Alejandro V.

@Pelicula Oct 8, 2025

It is incoherent, merely salacious while treating a serious topic which has Greek roots.

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Simbe T

@musamusatti Mar 15, 2025

Volutamente e tristemente disturbante, a tratti ridicolo nella sua ricerca di una sensualità inutilmente peccaminosa e perversa. Forse per il libro? ok, argomento difficile, ma poteva essere molto più raffinato e meno voyeristico. Fossi un'adolescente rimarrei profondamente disgustata dal mondo "maturo" e da certo cinema che infierisce su sentimenti oggi più che mai necessari. Mi stupisce e preoccupa che il regista abbia scritto 30 libri per bambini....

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Wheres M

@RT95276992 Jan 27, 2025

Has anyone seen my dad

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Jan 17, 2020

Nice this movie i like

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Dec 12, 2019

Magnifiques film. Je veux bien regarder c'est très beau film . jolie alors laisser moi regarder tranquille pour comprendre bien l'histoire.

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Hélène, the mother

Louis Garrel

Pierre, the son

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Synopsis

An impulsive widow and her 17-year-old son become increasingly attracted to each other at their summer house.

Director: Christophe Honoré
Producer: Paulo Branco, Bernard-Henri Lévy
Screenwriter: Christophe Honoré
Distributor: TLA Releasing
Production Co: Gémini Films, Madragoa Filmes
Rating: NC-17 (Violent Images|Some Language|Aberrant Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): May 13, 2004, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jan 24, 2025
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 13, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $70.4K
Runtime: 1h 51m

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